Method of cutting and shaping aprons.



M. A. PERKINS.

HAPING APRQNS.

rammed De0.19,1916.

METHOD OF CUTTlNG AND S APPUCATION FILED :uuazs. 1915.

Mfr/755555.

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MARGARET A. PERKINS, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT.

METHOD OF CUTTING AND SHAPING ALPRONS.

1,209,018. Specification of Letters Patent Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

Y Application filed June 25,1915. Serial No. 36,181. I

To all whomz't may concern: portion of the lower part of the goods 10 Be it known that I, MARGARET A. PERKINS, and may extend as shown to both the diagoa citizen of the United States, residing at na'l lines 17 and 20. The lower line 22 of Bristol, in the county of Hartford and State thepattern for the body 13 corresponds to 8) of Connecticut, have invented certain new the lower diagonal line 2O of the goods and useful Improvements in Methods of for the greater portion of the length, the Cutting and Shaping Aprons, of which the shaping or cutting of the said lower line following is a specification. 22 involving essentially simply a suitable My invention relates to improvements in rounding of the corners, as shown at 23 and 1o methods of cutting aprons, and the object 2A opposed to the corners 21 and 19 of the of my improvement is to produce a method goods. The lateral edge 25 of the pattern of cutting one piece aprons composed of a and cut apron may correspond to the upper body portion and bib whereby there will diagonal edge 17 of the goods or may be be ample fullness at the hips and so that generally rounded or fashioned as desired, lathe same can be formed from a square piece the lower end merging in the rounded corner of material and with a minimum of stitch- 24 and the upper end merging into the ing, and which in ordinary sizes can be rounded upper lateral corner 26 of the body formed from a yard square of material such 13, adjacent which the strings 27 are secured. as is readily obtained in yard lengths of ma- The upper edge 28 corresponds to the waist so terial a. yard wide. line, and merges into the outer, upper round- In the accompanying drawing :-Figure ed corner 26 at the outer side and on the in- 1 is a plan view of an apron made by my ner side meets the small end 29 of the dart improved method. Fig. 2 is a similar view 15. The dart 15 follows along the waist of the same, folded on the longitudinal line, and extends along divergent lines from 35 medial line. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the small end 29 to the medial line 12 where the main piece previous to forming the dart the large end or edge 30 extends along the at the waist. Fig. 4: is a similar view of a said medial line 12 or 16. The outer edge square of goods, folded across the corners, 31 of the bib 1 1 extends from the small end with the pattern laid thereon. Fig. 5 is a 29 of the dart 15 upwardly and around to 39 similar view, with a different form of bib. the medial line 12 or 16, following any de- Fig. 6 is an enlarged view of the pattern at sired configuration.

the waist line, showing the dart. The pockets 32 and strings 27 are cut from In cutting the material for my improved the surplus portion 33 of the goods outside apron according to my improved method I that used for the main piece.

35 provide the goods 10 in the form of a square, The goods 10 may be folded along the upwhich in ordinary cases would be a yard per line 34: of the dart 15 and stitched to the square, and fold the same along a diagonal, body of the goods along the lower line 35 as shown in Fig. 4: and provide the pattern or folded along the line 35 and stitched 11 for one half the full size. The said patalong the line 3%, without cutting the goods. 49 tern has a straight edge 12 for the full Of course, these may be stitched along-the length of the medial line of the apron strucline of the fold securing the folded edge to ture. The pattern 11 comprises the apron the body material.

body portion 13 at the lower end. and the The effect of the dart 15, manipulated as bib portion 1-1, and at the waist line there described, is to bring the upper portion of is a dart 15. The bib may be of any style the medial line 16 out of line with'the lower desired, the bib 14: shown in Fig. 1 being portion, so that these portions of the said relatively long or high, and the bib 14 medial line meet at an appreciable angle shown in Fig. 5 being short. at the dart 15; and as'used the same effects As folded, the goods 10 comprises the diaga drawing in of the apron structure at the onal line 16' along 'the fold, the upper inwaist line.

clined line 17 extending from the top cor- As described an integral apron structure ner 18 to the outer lateral corner 19 and the is provided giving with a yard square of lower inclined line 20 extending from the goods an apron body of 44 inches and the said outer lateral corner 19 to the corner 21 only stitching required for the apron struc- 55 at the lower end of the fold 16. The body ture, other than for securing the pockets and 13 extends fromthe fold 16 across the major strings, is limited to that along the dart.

In my improved apron the greatest full ness is provided at the lower portion, and to obtain this elfect the lower outer corner 24: of the pattern is placed opposite the outer lateral corner 19 of the goods when folded along the diagonal as described.

My garment as described is a one piece fitted garment.

While I have shown and described above the preferred method of cutting my apron, the basis of the method is the cutting from a goods of square form, and generally a yard wide, anapron of the maximum fullness, and which in the case of the goods a yard wide will have the fullness specified, and the particular dart arrangement permits of obtaining the necessary fitting of the same adjacent the waist line.

As described the goods are cut symmetrically with the diagonal of the goods square as the axis, whereby the axis of the apron is coincident with the said diagonal of the said goods square.

It will be noted that the dart 15 as described is composed of two branches which meet at the medial line and extend laterally the entire distance across the junction of the bib 14 and the body portion 10, the line of stitching and the fold serving in fact to define the said junction, and also serving to give a belt-like effect at the waist line for this portion of the apron structure. That is to say, the apron structure will be shaped at the waist line and also a belt-like effect will be produced, denoting the junction of the said apron body and bib.

As mentioned above, aprons with ample fullness can be made by my process for ordinary sizes from a yard square of material, such as is readily obtainable in yard lengths of material a yard wide, the yard square of material being obtainable by simply cutting the material that is a yard wide in pieces having a yard in length.

I claim as my invention 1. The method of making aprons of the type consisting of an apron body and a bib comprising providing goods in square form, folding the said goods along a diagonal, cutting the double thickness of goods to the shape desired with the axis of the apron positioned along the said diagonal, and taking up the material at the junction of the said body portion and bib along the said axis and on each side thereof by a pair of opposed laterally directed \l-shape'd darts which meet at the said axis.

2. The method of cutting and shaping an apron consisting of providing a piece of sheet' material, cutting the said material to form an apron body and bib connected to the said apron body along the waist line, and providing a double dart fold at the said waistline, the said double dart fold being of maximum depth at the medial line, tapering on each side, and extending the entire lengthof the said waist line, whereby the ""apren structure-will be shaped at the said waist line and also a belt effectiwill be produced, denoting the junction of the said apron body and bib.

3. The method of cutting aprons consisting of an apron body and a bib, comprising providing goods a yard wide, cutting the said goods in yard lengths to provide a yard square of goods, rounding off the corners of the said square at one end of one of the diagonals to form one end of the said apron body, cutting a part only of the said square at the other end of the said diagonal to form the said bib and the other end portion of the said apron body, and cutting the cor ners only of the said square at the ends of the other diagonal to form the extreme corners of the said apron body, whereby an appreciable part of each of the sides of the said square remain uncut and serve as portions of the edges of the said apron body.

MARGARET A. PERKINS.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM M. KRAVETZ,

Es'rELLA J. BAssET'r. 

